City Girl

Last year about this time I shared about my Aunt Fay’s 99th birthday party and then continued with a rather boring column about longevity. […]

Colder temperatures blew into Rains County on Saturday, and by the time church was over on Sunday, winter had moved in for a visit. […]

Last week I began a review of 2023 based on my weekly columns. It turned out to be a two-week project, so here is a summary of July through December. […]

A review of the past year seemed like a good idea until I realized how much space it would take to summarize 52 columns. […]

To the world at large, “advent” is just a word that means the beginning of an event, the invention of something, or the arrival of a person. […]

David and I spent several days last week in Conway, Arkansas with my brother Jim and his wife JoLynn. […]

When we came home on Wednesday, Christmas had arrived in a big way, and several businesses went all out. […]

I got my first cell phone in 2005 when we were in the process of moving from Carrollton, Texas, to the Tampa Bay area of Florida. […]

What could be more appropriate for a column that will appear in the Rains County Leader on Thanksgiving Day than a discussion about what I’m thankful for. […]

This has been the kind of week that makes an animal lover rethink her position and consider limiting her contact with the creatures to the meat counter at the grocery store and the dinner table. […]